China Tours

B: Breakfast       L: Lunch        D: Dinner

Day 01 Beijing
On arrival in Beijing, you will be met and transferred for the afternoon tour to the Temple of Heaven. Two nights stay in Beijing.
Accommodation: 3* Pinganfu Hotel (Or the same class)

Day 02 Beijing (B+L+D)
Full day tour to visit Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and the Great Wall at Badaling. Peking Duck Dinner has been arranged.

Day 03 Beijing/Xi’an (B+L)
Transferred to the airport for your domestic flight to the Ancient city of Xi’an for an overnight stay. Take the afternoon tour to visit the Terracotta Warriors.
Accommodation: 3* Melody Hotel (Or the same class)

Day 04 Xi’an/Jiayuguan (B+L)
Morning tour to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and the City Wall. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Jiayuguan for a two night stay.
Accommodation: Basic local hotel

Day 05 Jiayuguan (B+L)
Visit the Western end of the Great Wall at Jiayuguan Pass and Fortess which has over 600 years history. In the afternoon, you will visit the Great Wall Museum.

Day 06 Jiayuguan/Dunhuang (B+L)
Take the 250 mile (400km) coach journey from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang. Stay in Dunhuang for two nights.
Accommodation: Basic local hotel

Day 07 Dunhuang (B+L)
Visit the Mogao Grottoes in the morning and Local museum in the afternoon.

Day 08 Dunhuang/Turpan (B+L+D)
Morning visit the famous Mingsha (Humming Sand) Desert and Crescent Moon Lake, coach transfer to the station for the overnight train to Turpan.

Day 09 Turpan (B+L)
Arrive in the morning, you will be met and transferred to your hotel for breakfast. Visit Gaochang Ancient City, which until early in the Ming dynasty was a thriving town on the silk road, today it has been reduced to a 20 hectare (50 acre) stretch of broken walls and deserted fields. Astana Ancient Tombs and Flaming Mountain, a mountain made famous by the classical Chinese mythological novel, Journey to the West.
Accommodation: Basic local hotel

Day 10 Turpan/Urumqi (B+L)
Morning take 125 mile (200 km) coach journey from Turpan to Urumqi, In the afternoon visit the Heavenly Lake, a natural lake fed by thawing snow.
Accommodation: 3* City Hotel (Or the same class)

Day 11 Urumqi/Kashgar (B+L)
Transfer to the airport for the afternoon flight to Kashgar. You will be met on arrival and transferred to your hotel for 2 nights stay.
Accommodation: Basic local hotel

Day 12 Kashgar (B+L)
Visit the Bazaar in the morning. Kashgar is the venue of the Tomb of Apak Hoja (Fragrant Lady), a massive elegant building created in 1640 in a typical Islamic style and the Idkad Mosque, China’s largest Islamic mosque dating back more than 500 years.

Day 13 Kashgar/Urumqi (B+L)
Take flight to Urumqi. Visit the Hongshan Park and Xinjiang Museum in the afternoon. One night stay in Urumqi.
Accommodation: 3*  City Hotel (Or the same class)

Day 14 Urumqi/Beijing (B)
Transferred to the airport for flight to Beijing, afternoon is at leisure in Beijing.

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